By The China Post, Taiwan/ Taiwan Immigrants' Global News Network
【Taiwan Immigrants' Global News Network】According to The China Post, Vietnamese-Taiwanese Harry Lu (呂晉宇), was born and raised in Vietnam. Due to his father being a Taiwanese businessman, he was able to retain his Taiwanese nationality. Though he spent most of his childhood years in Vietnam, Lu never turned his back on Taiwan and even came to study for three years when he was in junior high school.
When he was playing basketball in Vietnam, he was discovered by talent scouts because of his handsome appearance, and gradually became a popular celebrity in Vietnam.
Vietnamese-Taiwanese Harry Lu became a popular celebrity in Vietnam. (Photo / Retrieved from the Facebook: Harry Lu)
His latest movie”Reborn” will be released soon, and he, along with director Du Jung-feng (杜榮峰) and actors Crystal Yen (晏柔中), Meng Hsiang (孟翔), and Chu Meng-hsuan (初孟軒) participated in a launch event held at the Miaoli Kite Festival (苗栗風箏文化節) on Oct. 30 to promote the film.
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Together, they flew a large kite with the words “Reborn” printed on it. Lu mainly lives and works in Vietnam, but he returns to Taiwan once or twice a year and is fluent in Mandarin.
In 2013, he entered the Vietnamese entertainment industry under the stage name “Harry Lu” and once served as the leading actor of the film Than Tuong (偶像). He has since made many movies and TV series, making him a popular idol in Vietnam.
Harry Lu returned back to Taiwan and joined the Taiwan entertainment industry. (Photo / Retrieved from the Facebook: Harry Lu)
In 2017, he had a car accident, resulting in a broken nasal bone. He had to rely on a respirator to assist in breathing and treatment and finally decided to return to Taiwan for treatment.
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His subsequent career was interrupted due to surgery and treatment.
It was not until 2019 that he came back into the film industry and took on the Vietnamese film “Thật tuyệt vời khi ở bên em” (“It’s good to be by your side, “在妳身邊真好), and in 2020 he began starring TV dramas and movies in Taiwan.
Although he’s worked mainly in Vietnam for many years, he admitted that he hopes to someday collaborate with Taiwanese artists such as Jay Chou in the future.
Authorization of this article from【The China Post】By Vivian Hsiao
